White marble carved in the round. Nude reclining figure. His head is turned onto his left shoulder. He has curly hair and beard. His left hand holds the tail of the lion skin on which he lies, with the lion's mask over his right forearm. A club is in his right hand resting against his right shoulder.

Key, William. 1826. Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings & c., bequeathed to the University of Cambridge by the late Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam in the year 1816.Cambridge (Cambs.): p. p. 21Publ. p. 21, no. 2

Esdaile, Katharine A.. 1928. The Life and Works of François Roubiliac.London: Oxford University PressPubl. Attributed by Esdaile to Roubiliac